Alisa Efimova and Misha Mitrofanov secured the first U.S. medal of the event with a silver in the pairs event. It is their third career Grand Prix Series medal.  

"We're very happy with our results today," said Mitrofanov. "We had a short time to prepare for this coming season due to my injuries, but I am proud of myself and Alisa for putting out solid programs, even though we made mistakes. It's exciting for us to get our feet wet finally." 

Skating to a Rosalia medley featuring "La Yugular," "Mio Cristo Piange Diamanti," "Mundo Nuevo," and "Berghain" (with Björk and Yves Tumor), they finished third in the free skate with a score of 121.58, securing them an overall score of 191.90. They earned Level 4s on three lifts, including their opening triple twist lift, and their death spiral. The team's Level 5 Group lift contributed nearly nine points to their free skate score.  

2024 World silver medalist Isabeau Levito opened the jam-packed day of competition in the women's short program. With her short program to "Memoria" by Rosalia, Levito set a new personal best of 78.50.  

Her opening triple flip-triple loop added a massive 11.49 points to her overall score, and she earned level 4 on two of her three spins. The New Jersey native's program component score of 34.91 was the highest of the event and she received positive grades of execution on every element.  

"Right before, I felt very shaky in my legs, and I hated this feeling because I have triple flip triple loop, and it's risky," said Levito. "But then I landed it, and I felt very stable, and I just think I really got into the program today. I think that was one of the best deliveries emotion-wise of this program for me, from all my practices. So I was really, really, really happy with that. From the small clips I've seen thus far, I think it looked really good, and it's really hard for me to actually think it looks good, so I think that's really good for me."  

Levito heads into tomorrow's free skate in second place, 3.61 points behind Japan's Mao Shimada.  

The day continued with the rhythm dance, which featured three U.S. ice dance teams.  

Caroline Green and Michael Parsons earned the first Level 4 distinction for the Golden Waltz pattern of the Grand Prix Series, tallying 11.53 points and hitting all four key points. The team also received a Level 4 for their creative dance element. Their score of 74.24 sends them into the free dance in third place, with the team aiming for their fourth Grand Prix medal. 

"It felt really good. It felt like the work that we've been putting in since our Challengers really paid off today," said Parsons. "We felt like we were in great shape, we feel like we executed really well. We got a Level 4 on the Golden Waltz, so we're really proud of that. We're happy with the score. Obviously we didn't get all the levels that we were going for, so we just have to get information on why and go home and fix it. That's not a problem at all." 

Oona and Gage Brown sit just behind Green and Parsons; their rhythm dance to a Billy Joel medley scored 72.69 and placed them fourth in the segment. The sibling duo's Level 4 sequential twizzles added 9.51. 

The team who strive to push the boundaries with creativity in their programs were also rewarded with Level 4s from the judges on their creative dance element and rotational lift.  

"We always try to do unique things, and so [we hope they] remember us by how unique we are and how we try to be different than the norm," said Oona Brown. "Just to come away from it to be like, 'Wow, they tried something new,' or 'that looks totally different from what other people put out there.'" 

Katarina Wolfkostin and Dimitry Tsarevski stand sixth after the day's events, and feel confident heading into tomorrow's free dance.  

"I think with every competition we do, we just keep building, and keep building, and we hope to continue that momentum," said Wolfkostin. "We've made a lot of great progress this year, especially in our skating together, our performance. I think this is a program we really love."  

The team's flamenco-inspired Golden Waltz pattern secured them 10.30 points, and their sequential twizzles added another 8.14 points to their season-best score of 71.40. Their curve lift and creative dance element were also awarded Level 4 marks.  

Liam Kapeikis finished 12th overall in the men's event with a total score of 189.01 and a free skate score of 118.94.  

Fans can watch every event live on Peacock with all competition segments available for 72 hours following their conclusion. NBC will air Skate Canada International highlights from the first two days of competition at 12 p.m. Eastern on Sunday, Nov. 1. NBCSN will air the women's free skate at 3 p.m. Eastern and the free dance at 5:15 p.m. Eastern.   

For full results, visit the Grand Prix Series Competition Central.